Someone recently asked about the “philosophy” of my training … it’s simple, really. There are myriad methods when it comes to working with dogs. Generally speaking, they’re grouped into two major camps – those who work with operant conditioning and those who focus more on a behavioral perspective. There are arguments pro and con for […]

We interrupt the series of explanatory and informative posts about Hydrant Club and how we’re different from other dog facilities for this entertaining tidbit. So, among our canine kids we have the fabulous Roscoe Shufro – half Beagle, half English Setter. He has taken it upon himself to rally the pup posse into a choir […]

“My dog is so well-trained.” “I don’t need training, my dog knows lots of tricks.” If I had a nickel for every time I heard such a thing, let’s just say that Truman and Bridger would be in rib bones and bully sticks up to their eyeballs for the rest of their lives. All-too-often people […]

UPDATE – THIS POST IS UPDATED AS OF JUNE 2018 Greetings and salutations everyone! There have been some questions about our hours as well as how folks can get themselves lined up to become members … so we figured that it made sense to lay it all out for you! First of all, membership! […]

You hear it all the time – dogs are outgoing and boisterous while cats are more reserved and judicious in their reactions to people. That just isn’t true. It’s a misnomer that all dogs are naturally outgoing. Just like people, some dogs are just less outgoing than others. Yes, dogs can be introverted. In some […]

In the days since opening our gates, and frankly even before then, one of the biggest challenges has been explaining to people what we are; or, more accurately what we are not. After all, if you were to walk by The Hydrant Club you’d think it was a dog park – a private dog […]

It was October 2012. My decision to make the move to Las Vegas to begin planning for what is now the Hydrant Club was just underway. The one thing I knew for sure, was that if I was going to build something, I was going to need an architectural/development team. While chatting with a […]

In a world saturated with social media, everything we do or say ends up somewhere online. EVERYTHING is social. We live in an urban environment and share our adventures in a virtual world. We “check- in.” We meet up with friends at the Container Park, we text family members travel updates, we impose work drama […]

The rigid chill that had been holding Las Vegas in its icy fist for weeks cracked open a bit on Saturday providing the perfect, sun-soaked backdrop for our opening day! All told, about 75 folks and almost as many dogs passed through our gates to gambol, cavort and romp on the velvety fresh grass. So […]

If you had told me a little over a year ago that I’d be living in Las Vegas and opening the gates to a facility that would endeavor to change the face of the urban dog experience, I’d have told you that it sounded nice … but that you were crazy. And today, Saturday, December […]